Into the Clouds | Weekly Photo #82
First up, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and during these testing times, managed to take some time out and relax over the last few days. I’m writing this the day after Boxing Day having had way too much food and drink and taking what seemed like hours to build some Harry Potter Lego with my youngest. Although quieter than usual, we made the best of it and ended up having a nice couple of days.
Fujifilm X70 | 18mm | 28 Seconds | f/8 | ISO200
Although not quite as festive as last week’s photo of the Cartier store in New Bond Street, I thought I would round up the year with another photo of London taken just before Christmas a few years ago. If you look closely you can see the white Christmas tree over the river, underneath The Shard.
While in London I, I was travelling very light and had with me the great (and sorely missed) Fujifilm X70 camera. The X70 is a compact, pocketable camera with a fixed 18mm lens that took great quality photos which I’ve since sold to help fund my Fujifilm X-T30 but I long for Fujifilm to release an updated version as I would be first in line.
It was a misty, atmospheric morning with some low hanging cloud and after taking a few photos across the river, around More London I headed over Tower Bridge to take this cityscape vista of The Shard reaching up into the clouds. Along with the X70 camera, I had the Manfrotto PIXI tabletop tripod and a round screw-in Hoya 10-Stop filter so I used these to capture a 28-second long exposure which helped to smooth away the ripples in the water, soften the clouds and simplify the overall scene. Having re-processed the image for this blog post, I’m now really happy with the results.
Next week, I plan to release my yearly review of some of my favourite photos I took/released during a rather unconventional 2020 so keep an eye out for that on my website in the coming days.
Lastly, I just wanted to spend a moment to thank you all for your support throughout 2020. I know it’s been a tough one for so many people and I hope my posts have brought some of you just a tiny distraction from all the goings on and I truly appreciate the positive messages of encouragement I received from some of you throughout the year. It’s those very messages that push me to keep writing when my own motivation needs a little kick up the proverbial.
So, here’s to a 2021 that’s full of renewed hope, freedom and above all else, good health.
Happy New Year.
Trevor
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